#BCA449#BCA449

#BCA449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.114 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA449
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -2.16, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 49.40, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0091 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.114 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2186, 37.7250, 11.7286)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA449 #4961BC

analogous

#BC6A49 #BCA449 #9ABC49

triadic

#BCA449 #49BCA4 #A449BC

tetradic

#BCA449 #49BC6A #4961BC #BC499A

square

#BCA449 #49BC6A #4961BC #BC499A

split-complementary

#BCA449 #499ABC #6A49BC

monochromatic

#655825 #927F36 #BCA449 #CCBA76 #DDD1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BCA449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BCA449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA449

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA449	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.114 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be7f',
    500: '#bca449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca449;
$custom-light: #d3be7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.478,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72188,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA449

secondary

#97A2CA

accent

#6DD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA449

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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